Poet’s Corner: How To Write a Poem – Esther Cohen
04/10/2016
April is National Poetry Month. If you’ve ever wanted to write a poem, but don’t know how to get started, Esther Cohen tells how. Esther posts a poem a day on her blog. You can also go to the website for National Poetry Month.
How to Write a Poem
If You Want To
Sit down
anywhere.
Poems
happen
standing
up but
sitting down’s
easier.
One
good
word
a way
to begin.
Lesson One
You can
start here
or over there.
First words matter.
Start better
than begin.
Where
you go
up to you.
Try to go
where you can
find your best poem
Lesson 2
You want
to write.
Just
sit right there.
Don’t move.
Then write
a word or two
right down.
Lesson 3
Some days
no poems.
Just wait.